Re: The many brides of Jesus

The many brides of Jesus: No doubt, an inpired write-up. Unfortunately, the prayer that God cleanse the pulpit and pew of unworthy brides may be in vain presently. Let them grow together, the Lord says, till the close of the Age. The Lord’s warning is to individual believers to separate from this untoward generation, and keep themselves for the Bridegroom. Thanks for the insight.

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Re: Nigeria, now or never

Honestly, your piece, “Nigeria, now or never,” made me weep like a baby after reading it. Sincerely, I am consoled that with people like you are still among men of the pen, hope is not lost. The liberation of the Igbo is in sight.

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Your article, “Nigeria, now or never,” has food for thought for those Igbo who are deaf/blind. The lgbo need your stuff.+2348062976383

Every single community in Nigeria needs independence due to lies, injustice. Ninety-five per cent of Nigerians lack trust in the next person, even brothers, but I don’t support Nigeria being split; let Nigerian leaders do things the right way. Every Nigerians being is wonderful.

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Re: How to kill Biafra

A good one there, Tony. When I read write-ups from people like you, I tend to start thinking, what is actually wrong with us? In the case of the Yoruba people, I cannot pinpoint what the Igbo have done to them to warrant this envy and hatred. Had it been these people agreed with us from the South-East/South-South, southern unity would have been long achieved. +2348137020638


    Thank you very much. Please, sir, try to put the Igbo through. We invest much outside even in the land of our enemies. I see Biafra in the world of the spirit, coming soon.
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This is Chief Victor, the Okosisi of Umuagu. I love what you say. Remember that nothing can kill Biafra. Four of my brothers were killed on May 30. +2347062892444


Thanks my brother. Truth is always bitter. Don’t mind the beneficiaries. It must be that way or never.
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I salute you. That was a good write-up on how to kill Biafra. If all this could b implemented in just 30 years, we could say “one Nigeria forever.”

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If Nigeria remains as a country for the next 100 years, the national grid will not be more than 3,000 mega watts. Insurgency will never abate. Elections will remain do-or-die affairs. The rich will still have more than half the police guarding them. Quota system and federal character, euphemisms for mediocrity, will not cease. Census will still be politicised. If in doubt then bring about the change and let’s see. Until then, let Biafra be.
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I have just read your column in today’s Sun. Good one.

-Chief Goddy Uwazurike, President Emeritus of Aka Ikenga

Mocking JAMB

It has been a tale of woes for university admission seekers and their parents since Prof. Ishaq Oloyede was appointed registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB).

The appointment of the former university administrator was resisted by those who described him as anti-democratic, especially because of his role in the sacking of the Unilorin 49 when he was vice chancellor at the university and his refusal to obey the Supreme Court judgment reinstating the sacked staff.

Oloyede fired back at his critics, threatening court action. Obviously, Oloyede is eminently qualified, judging from where he is coming from. Moreover, those who appointed him believed in him to do the job, following the crises in the exam body in the recent past.

Nobody wants to judge the JAMB helmsman by controversies of the past as his traducers, especially ASUU, are throwing up but Nigerians would love see him reform the exam body.

To start with, owing to the abolition of scratch cards and boycott of cybercafés, it has become rather difficult for prospective students to obtain the new e-PIN that would enable them register for the exams. For the past three weeks or thereabouts, the forms have been on sale, students have had to spend entire days at registration centres without success. The banks are rather too slow or the servers are inaccessible and it is unimaginable how students that spend their productive hours at the centres would study and prepare for the exams successfully.

The worst so far was experienced last Saturday during the so-called mock-JAMB and, for all it was worth, the entire exercise made a mockery of all that JAMB stood for. The mock exams, according to JAMB, was to “familiarise our candidates with the CBT (computer-based testing) systems and generally forecast the challenges that may be faced ahead to proactively address them.” It turned out to be a nightmare.

Students were broken into two batches, with the first batch scheduled for 7am, meaning that depending on your centre, the students left home between 5.30am and 6am. At the chaotic centres, many of the biometric machines malfunctioned and took a long time to capture the fingerprints of the candidates, after repeated trials. After all the hassles, JAMB suddenly announced the postponement of the exams at few minutes to 2pm after about seven agonising hours of waiting in vain.

A statement from Oloyede said: “We could not go on with the mock examination and hereby announce extension of registration exercise of the 2017 UTME. Instead of the earlier announced April 19, the deadline for the sale of forms and registration will now extend to Friday, May 5, 2017. Consequently, the 2017 UTME has also been postponed to start on Saturday, May 13 to 20, 2017.”

The experience of last Saturday and the entire registration process for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), point to the fact that Oloyede’s JAMB is ill prepared. Those that prayed for the ouster of Dibu Ojerinde now fear they had rejoiced too early, as they wish the man were still in charge. It would be a legacy of disaster if Oloyede failed to deliver on his mandate, as his traducers would rejoice. The best he could do is to shame those who never wanted him at his new duty post in the first place and that can only happen if he revs up the processes for a hitch-free exercise. All hope is not lost though because Oloyede well knows that the glory for excellence shall be his, just as the shame would.